Mangaluru: Rev. Father Ravi Santosh Kamath, Bijay Church's F. Wilson Vitus D'Souza, Manjnady Ahmad Musliyar laid the foundation stone for the City Square commercial complex, which is being built by the prestigious Rohan Corporation and Property Infratech on Lal Bagh's Mahatma Gandhi Road here.

Speaking after inaugurating the programme, SCDCC Bank Chairman Dr. M.N. Rajendra Kumar said, "foundation stone for the City Square commercial complex , a major project has been laid in the heart of the city after the demonetization. Rohan Monteiro of the Rohan Corporation has made his name in the real estate industry. My support is there in all his projects. I wish Rohan constructs more buildings," he said.

MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, who was speaking after releasing the brochure of the City Square commercial complex, said "the buildings which are being constructed in Mangaluru must be smart as the city has been selected as Smart City. Accordingly, Rohan Monteiro's building is also smart. We wish him more success in the future," he wished.

Rohan Monteiro of Rohan Corporation said, "I have been in business for 31 years. Of which, for 25 years I have been engaged in the real estate industry. Meanwhile, I have struggled in the industry with several ups and downs. I am doing business as a service by constructing residential establishments and layout buildings. Customers must cooperate and support ," he requested.

Mayor Bhaskar K, MCC Chief Secretary Shashidhar Hegde, former legislators JR Lobo, Moideen Bava, MUDA Chairman Suresh Ballal, CREDAI President DB Mehta, building owner Abdul Aziz, his wife Noor Jahan, MCC members Jayanti Acharya, Naveen D'Souza, Sabita Miskith, building designer Peter Pawel, Harikrishna Bantwal, KC Naik, Advocate Abdul Aziz, district former registrar Haq, Abdul Rauf Puthige of Vishwas Bawa Builders, Haji SM. Rashid, Mansoor Ahmed, and others were present.

Rohan Monteiro presented welcome address in the programme. Manohar Prasad anchored the event, and Padmanabha Shetty proposed the vote of thanks.

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Kolkata (PTI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday described the Waqf (Amendment) Bill as “anti-secular”, claiming that it would snatch the rights of Muslims.

Banerjee, speaking in the assembly, also said the Centre did not consult with states over the matter.

“The bill is anti-federal and anti-secular; it is a deliberate attempt to malign a particular section. It will snatch the rights of Muslims... The Centre did not consult with us on the Waqf Bill,” she said.

The chief minister added that “if any religion was attacked”, she would wholeheartedly condemn it.

Opposition parties have stridently criticised the amendments proposed by the bill in the existing Waqf Act, alleging that they violate the religious rights of Muslims.

The ruling BJP has asserted that the amendments will bring transparency in the functioning of the Waqf boards and make them accountable.

A parliamentary committee has been constituted to scrutinise the contentious bill.